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Chip Giant Intel abandone Bitcoin Pwodiksyon ASIC
After announcing the production of bitcoin application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, appears to be abandoning its blockchain chip production. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the chip manufacturer explained that Intel has “end-of-lifed the Intel Blockscale 1000 Series ASIC.”
Pòtpawòl Intel di ke konpayi an te fini nan lavi a Blockscale seri 1000 ASIC
In February 2022, the California-based technology company Intel made headlines when it te anonse its plan to create “energy-efficient accelerators,” or ASIC technology, to contribute to the development of blockchain technologies. Later that month, at the 2022 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the company unveiled the Bonanza Mine BMZ1. At that time, Tom’s Hardware author Paul Alcorn deklare that Intel was also developing a second iteration of the Bonanza Mine ASIC, known as the BMZ2.
Moreover, in March 2022, it was rapòte that mining firms such as Hive, Argo, Block, and Grrid were buying bitcoin mining chips from Intel. On Tuesday, Tom’s Hardware reporter Alcorn spoke to Intel about the project, and it appears that Intel is discontinuing its bitcoin accelerator production, also known as “Blockscale chips.” Alcorn further notes that “no future generations have been announced.” An Intel spokesperson stated:
Pandan n ap bay priyorite envèstisman nou yo nan IDM 2.0, nou te fin viv Intel Blockscale 1000 Series ASIC pandan n ap kontinye sipòte kliyan Blockscale nou yo.
In addition, Alcorn’s report notes that “Blockscale ASIC landing pages are now all inactive,” and product pages have been “scrubbed.” Intel also informed the reporter that customers have until October 2023 to order chips, but “shipments will end in April 2024.” So far, the dominant force in the ASIC manufacturing industry has been Bitmain, with few competitors. Aside from Bitmain, firms such as Microbt, Canaan, and Innosilicon also operate in this space. According to rapò, Bitmain uses 5nm TSMC-made chips, while Microbt itilize Samsung’s 5nm ASIC technology. Additionally, Samsung is te rapòte in the process of creating 3nm ASIC chips.
Kisa ou panse mouvman sa a vle di pou lavni nan manifakti ASIC? Èske w wè nenpòt konpetitè fabrikasyon ASIC k ap vini nan endistri a? Pataje panse ou sou sijè sa a nan seksyon kòmantè ki anba a.
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